Just a Little Sumthin Sumthin…


So this is just a preview of something I started working on earlier this week. Actually it’s part of a larger project I’ve been working on for a few weeks now.

Long story short: The Boyfriend and I cannot agree upon a bedspread/cover that we both like. The ones I like are either too plain or in colors he feels are too girly, example: teal. While his choices tend to be a bit to boyish or with scratchy fabric, example: forest green and burgundy, yuck!

So a few weeks back I decided to make us a quilt. That way I could pick the colors I like and include some sort of a pattern that would please him as he doesn’t like the ol’ plain stuff that I do. LOL!!

Anyway, being the art-eest girl that I am I started sewing together a bunch of scrap fabric that my Quilting Mama had in her stash. She does share sometimes :) I gathered up the fabrics and separated them into piles by color: creams, reds, browns, greens, and blacks. I then started piecing everything together willy-nilly, because as I’ve been told by both my mother and crafty younger sister, I can never follow the rules. This is of course followed by the ever present eye roll because apparently in their books being an artist is the same thing as a rule breaker.

LOL!! Whatever!

So in addition to all the scrappy goodness going on, I decided I wanted to make a few special additions to our quilt. Personalize it a bit. So that’s where this little guy comes in..he’ll be sewn into the blanket surrounded by all those scrappy fabrics.

More pictures to come…followed by a finished quilt! Woot!

7 Responses to “Just a Little Sumthin Sumthin…”

  • LazyDaze:

    kell~
    i love this!! soo cute. i read on liz's blog about your quilt. i can't wait to see the finished product! can i put in order for mine now? LOL

  • Miss Mashed:

    such a sweet design kelley! I get the same problem with my bf, I just buy the ones i want though haha!

  • Liz:

    I want to file a formal complaint about being 'mom bashed' on this blog. lol j/k
    It's not that you don't follow the rules. You do. You go to work everyday and drive on the right side of the road (two examples). It's that left-creative-brain-thing that we don't get. You can tell by our stick figure drawings. LOL
    And with that being said, let me tell you that I LOVE your stitchery!! (even though you call it needlpoint) hehe
    Love, Mom

  • Conni:

    Beautiful embroidery!! When are the patterns going to be available for purchase????!!! You are extremely talented!

  • ojaiquilter:

    Kelley, as usual you did a great job. That saying is too cute. The last time I was at Blake and Ashley's we were talking about that she wanted that for her wall in the bedroom. And wahlah, you creat an emboidery for it!!! I showed it to her and she loves it too!

  • Kelley:

    Brenda, LOL, thank you but you have already met your quilt quota.

    Rose, that is precisely why I started this fun project, if I had bought something I knew he might complain since our tastes are so different, but if I made it I know he'll love it, hee hee.

    Mother, I will from here on out call it stichery or embroidery no more needlepoint. I cannot however confirm the halting of "mom bashing"

    Conni, thank you so much and as soon as I can redesign this one I will let you know when they go on sale. I have to keep this a one and only type thing for just me, I think :)

    And Auntie Isabel, what can I say? Great minds must think alike, eh?

  • the enigma:

    oh, such a sweet design. i would want one if i could!

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